US-based Montague Farms has entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based Sun-Tommy International to supply food-grade soybeans. Sun-Tommy will distribute the specialty soybeans to food processors in Japan. The soybeans will be used to ...
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Indorama Corp, a Singapore-based textile raw material and petrochemicals producing firm, which marks its presence in India through its fully-owned subsidiary – Indorama Industries Ltd – has unveiled its plan to increase the ...
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Omnicotton, a US cotton trading company, has opened its first office in Australia, as part of the company’s expansion plans since the country is the second largest exporter of cotton, after the US. Speaking to fibre2fashion, general ...
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According to data released by the Korean Iron and Steel Association (KOSA), Korea imported 42,069 tons of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel coils/plates in March, rising by 9.3% from a month ago and increasing by 21.8% year on year. ...
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In January this year, Italy's finished steel exports totaled 1.253 million metric tons, down by 9.7 percent, while its finished steel imports amounted to 1.331 million metric tons, up 25.2 percent, both year on year, as announced by the ...
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State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed a joint venture agreement Sunday with France's Total and Japan's Idemitsu, Cosmo Oil, Marubeni and Mitsui for a new condensate refinery to be built in Qatar at Ras Laffan Industrial City. Under the ...
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The Silvercrest factory in the Irish Republic that sold burgers contaminated with horse DNA to Tesco, Burger King and the Co-operative Group, has been sold by its parent company ABP Food Group to Kepak Group. ABP has sold its Silvercrest ...
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Japan, a net importer of low sulfur fuel oil, exported more fuel oil in the week ended April 13 than it has in the last 20 months due to dwindling demand for the product from the country's utility companies, data released Wednesday by the ...
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BMW appears set to launch a new Chinese sub-brand, according to several reports. Following the partnership between BMW and Chinese car maker Brilliance that formed in 2003, the German manufacturer looks likely to launch a new ...
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Despite lower demand from some of the key Western markets, Indian handicraft exports have achieved the target of US$ 3.3 billion set for fiscal year 2012-13. The items that posted highest year-on-year export growth during the period ...
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China's imports of thermal coal could contract in 2013 as demand growth in the seaborne market is expected to moderate to 2% over the next four years, Goldman Sachs warned in a research note on Friday. "We believe 2013 will represent a ...
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The US rebar imports totaled 66,950 tons in February, decreasing by 33.4% year on year and falling by 36% from a month ago, according to data released by the US International Trade Commission (ITC). The country’s import values ...
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The market research institute Ceresana forecasts dynamic growth of global demand for Carbon Black: market volume is to increase by more than 3.1 million tonnes until 2019. Rubber products mainly utilize Carbon Black as filler material while ...
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Turkey imported 464,667 tons of steel flat products including hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and narrow strip steel in February, decreasing by 6.1% from a month ago but jumping by 46.1% year on year, according to data released by the ...
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The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has announced that it has initiated an accelerated review of the current antidumping duty notice and countervailing duty notice in respect of certain hollow structural section (HSS) ...
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